New virus simulates mouse clicks to allow button deception through antivirus software

by crazyhr on 2007-12-11 08:45:44

"POPHOT Clicker Variant 103284" (Win32.Troj.Pophot.103284) is an adware virus with keylogging trojan functionality. It pops up advertisements, modifies the IE homepage, and also steals locally saved passwords for Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, and MSN Explorer. The virus generates AUTO virus files on non-system drives and attempts to shut down some security software in order to download and run other malware locally.